scholarly journals Staying Employed and Employing Others: Leadership Styles and Management Strategies of Proprietors of Micro Enterprises in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-419
Author(s):  
Peter Akpamah
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Micro Enterprises

This study sought to find out the leadership style and management strategies of the proprietors of micro enterprises that have enabled them to stay in business this long and offering employment to several others in the midst of unfavourable economic conditions in developing countries. Management strategy and leadership style are complementary in pursuing organizational goal. Though, literature on the subject reveals that not much research has been done on the survival of micro business on the African’s continent regarding owners’ management strategies and the leadership style. We used mix methods in data collection and purposive samplings of thirty (30) micro enterprises’ proprietors were interviewed. The result reveals that owners of micro business practice multistrategies in their organizations. The Study found out that the Laissez Faire or Free Rein Leadership and the Bureaucratic Leadership were not practiced by any of the research participants. However, Authoritarian Leadership with strict instructions dominated Democratic Leadership and appeared to have been very effective and yielded result in most micro businesses.

scholarly journals The Effect of Budgetary Participation, Organizational Commitment, and Leadership Styles on the Employees’ Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
Mila Purani Sistiyan ◽  
Palikhatun Palikhatun ◽  
Payamta Payamta
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Budgetary Participation ◽  
Work Units ◽  
Positive Effect

Aim -This study aimed at gaining the empirical evidence vis-a-vis the effect of budgetary participation, organizational commitment, and leadership styles on the employees’ performance.  Design -This study made use of the primary data garnered from questionnaires distributed to the employees who were directly engaged in the preparation of budget within the work units in working area of the state treasury service office (in Indonesian language known by Kantor Pelayanan Perbendaharaan Negara and abbreviated as KPPN) of Surakarta. The work units covered several regions such as Surakarta, Sukoharjo, and Wonogiri. This study incorporated 80 work units under both ministry and institution. Of 165 questionnaires which were distributed, 116 pieces were returned and could further be analyzed. The independent variables in this study fell into budgetary participation, organizational commitment, and leadership styles, whereas the dependent variable was the employees’ performance.  Findings -The results indicated the following details: 1) budgetary participation had a positive effect on the employees ‘performance; 2) organizational commitment had a positive effect on the employees’ performance; 3a) the authoritarian leadership style had no effect on the employees’ performance; 3b) the democratic leadership style had a positive effect on the employees’ performance; and 3c) the laissez-faire leadership style had no effect on the employees’ performance.

scholarly journals Kepemimpinan Kepala Sekolah

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titin Ulandari
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
School Resources ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Role Of The Principal

This article aims to describe the meaning of educational leadership, principals' leadership and the variety of leadership styles applied by principals, as well as the situation in which the leadership style is suitable. Leadership is the ability to influence and direct a group to reach the target. The leadership of the principal means the role of the principal to direct school resources so that the achievement of school goals is achieved. There are at least three leadership styles, namely: authoritarian leadership, democratic leadership, and free leadership (laissez-faire).

scholarly journals Compatibility of Leadership Styles with Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Conflict Management Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 306-313
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nadeem Anwar ◽  
Ghulam Zainab ◽  
Asma Khizar
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Cooperative Strategies ◽  
Autocratic Leadership

Conflict among leaders and subordinates is natural meanwhile same is observed among headteachers and teachers; if it is not managed appropriately can create an adverse impact on organizational climate and subsequently on performance. A plethora of literature looked at the leadership styles that have direct/indirect influence on cooperative and non-cooperative conflict management practices. The present study examines the compatibility between leadership styles and cooperative and non-cooperative conflict management strategies of the secondary schools in Punjab. 360 randomly selected head teachers participated in this study. Two questionnaires were used, one for leadership styles and the other for cooperative and non-cooperative conflict management strategies. The results indicated that cooperative strategies of conflict management such as accommodation, collaboration and compromising are much helpful in a place where democratic leadership style was being practised, and authoritative leaders intended to follow non-cooperative such as competing and avoiding strategies in order to manage conflicts in schools. Therefore, it can be inferred that Headteachers who perceived to exhibit a more democratic style of leadership adopted cooperative strategies of conflict management. The headteachers who were perceived to exhibit a more autocratic leadership style opted for non-cooperative strategies of conflict management.

How do leadership styles influence the creativity of employees?

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Derecskei
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Perceived Leadership ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Workplace Creativity

The objective of organizational creativity is to identify those factors that could affect creativity. One of the most influential factors is the leadership style. Following the review of literatures, we investigated this phenomenon in the Hungarian labor market. We analyzed the answers of more than 600 Hungarian employees. We asked them to categorize their leader on the basis of which classic Lewin leadership style is most characteristic of him or her. After this, they needed to judge how the perceived leadership style would affect the two phases of their workplace creativity. Similarly to international results, democratic leadership style proved to be stimulating, while the authoritarian leadership style was inhibitory. It has also been proved that not only leadership style influences creativity, as the model of successful creative organization cannot be described with the behavior of the leader(s) only.

scholarly journals Kepemimpinan Kepala Sekolah

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titin Ulandari ◽  
Hade Afriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
School Resources ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Role Of The Principal

This article aims to describe the meaning of educational leadership, principals' leadership and the variety of leadership styles applied by principals, as well as the situation in which the leadership style is suitable. Leadership is the ability to influence and direct a group to reach the target. The leadership of the principal means the role of the principal to direct school resources so that the achievement of school goals is achieved. There are at least three leadership styles, namely: authoritarian leadership, democratic leadership, and free leadership (laissez faire).

scholarly journals Kepemimpinan Dalam Pendidikan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witri Khairiyyah ◽  
Hade Afriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Situational Leadership ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Administration And Supervision ◽  
Contingency Leadership

This article was created to fulfill the final assignment of the Educational Administration and Supervision course, and can also be used as a reference on several aspects regarding Leadership in Education.Scientific articles should be structured with systematic methods and steps to facilitate research. In this article, the researcher uses the literature study method by collecting literature (material materials) sourced from books, journals, and other sources related to Educational Leadership.Leaders are people who are able to influence others in terms of mobilizing or coordinating to achieve a goal. While leadership is the whole action of leaders in influencing other people to achieve a goal. Leadership in education is divided into several models, namely the leadership character model, situational leadership model, effective leader model, contingency leadership model, transactional leadership model, and transformational leadership model. In addition there are also leadership styles in education, diameters of authoritarian leadership styles, Democratic / Democratic Leadership Style, and Laissez Faire Style.

Models of Effective Teaching

1983 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Jack O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
The Political ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Role Behavior ◽  
The One ◽  
Conventional Classroom

Probably the fundamental criticism within the discipline concerning conventional classroom interaction dynamics comes from our sister subsidiary, political socialization. This criticism takes two forms. One version focuses on the teacher's classroom role behavior. Dawson and Prewitt, for example argue that the democratic or authoritarian leadership style of an instructor is the one aspect of the teacher's role considered most important to the political socialization process. The instructor may or may not stress “disciplined learning of the material presented, rigid adherence to rules, and a deferential attitude toward himself as the authority figure.” The authors continue: The crucial notion for political socialization is that these conditions affect the political outlook of the students. Democratic leadership by the teacher fosters attitudes and skills consonant with democratic values. The authoritarian teacher induces his charges to think according to hierarchy and deference to power.

scholarly journals LEADERSHIP IN TURBULENT TIMES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Baiyeshea
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Organizational Objectives

The paper attempts to deconstruct the leadership phenomenon, with emphasis on competencies needed by leaders to thrive in turbulent situations. Leadership has been a topic that has garnered a lot of interest from researchers over the years and as a result of this, there are significant number of literatures on the subject matter. However, there have been discrepancies in definition on the role of leaders, specifically on leadership styles and which style of leadership can be considered the best for all situations. While, there are several discussions amongst scholars on the most appropriate leadership style for all situations, the paper attempts to elucidate that one major thing scholars agree on is that leadership is involves inspiring followers to achieve organizational objectives specifically evaluating the role of leaders as organizational stewards and their ability to restore the balance between an organization and its environment in turbulent times.

scholarly journals Leadership Styles in Small and Medium Sized Business: Evidence from Macedonian Textile SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Marjan Bojadjiev ◽  
Snezhana Hristova ◽  
Ivona Mileva
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Democratic Leadership

Since leaders can have a strong influence on the employees’ behavior, various approaches have been designed to determine the most effective style of leadership. As a field of study, the review of past research reveals that investigating leadership styles has been mainly focused on large businesses. Despite the great importance of leadership to SMEs, not many studies attempted to explore the leadership style embraced by SMEs, especially within the Macedonian context. The purpose of this study is to explore the presence of different leadership styles (autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire) in Macedonian SME. Moreover, in view of the main research objective, several demographic variables were examined, such as gender, age and working experience as to their relevance for the dominant leadership style, with a special focus on managers of small and medium sized businesses from the textile industry. Using a Leadership Style Questionnaire, the research measured different leadership styles in addition to collecting in-depth demographic data on each of the respondents. The research results have indicated that the democratic leadership is the dominant style of Macedonian textile SMEs.

Narcissism personality trait and performance: task-oriented leadership and authoritarian styles as mediators

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-293
Author(s):  
Kiran Sakkar Sudha ◽  
M. Ghazi Shahnawaz
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Performance Task ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Measure Of Performance ◽  
Task Oriented

PurposeThe present study explored the direct as well as indirect relationships between narcissism personality trait and performance. Two leadership styles (task oriented and authoritarian styles) were identified as possible mediators.Design/methodology/approachNarcissism was measured by using Narcissistic Personality Inventory (Ames et al., 2006), performance was measured by performance scale (Greene-Shortridge, 2008). Sinha's leadership scale (Sinha, 2008) was used to measure task-oriented and authoritarian leadership styles. 273 senior-level managers of a big public sector Indian organization participated in the study. SPSS 22 and SmartPLS 2.0 were used to analyze the data.FindingsCorrelation result shows that narcissism personality trait was positively related to authoritarian leadership style and negatively to task-oriented leadership style, task performance and teamwork dimensions of performance. Task-oriented leadership style mediated the relationship between narcissism and task performance and teamwork more than the authoritarian leadership style.Originality/valueThe study attempts to empirically test the behavioral manifestation of narcissism personality trait as positive or negative and has considered the whole measure of performance which has not been previously explored. Practical implications were also highlighted beside the theoretical concerns.

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